My English teacher said that a writer is the worst judge of his own work.
Ilsa J. BickTags: writing
Obeying orders just to obey is the mark of a person who has ceased to think. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.
Ilsa J. BickTags: obedience
But sticking to rules just because they're there does not make them right. You need to learn when the rules should be broken.
Ilsa J. BickTags: rules-of-life
They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning.
Ilsa J. BickThe familiar was usually invisible; how many people really noticed everything they saw?
Ilsa J. BickAs the dog sprinted back, Jack said to the girl, "Sweetheart,honey, why do you have to be so hateful?"
"Why not?" Ellie said. "It's not like being good ever got me anywhere.
Sometimes you don't know what you need until it's gone
Ilsa J. BickTags: kinclaid
There are those individuals who die for a cause, and we say they have made the ultimate sacrifice. We call them martyrs, and we never doubt their sincerity.
Yet many others search their entire lives for something—or someone—worth dying for and this is very different. These are the lonely and the desperate, fearful that their lives have no meaning. They yearn for the bullet, if only someone else will pull the trigger.
Tags: suicide life-lessons life-and-death
What about study hall? Shouldn't I go to the library?
"What for, Ms. Lord?" Mr. anderson said. "You're with me
Tags: drowning-instinct ilsa-j-bick
...she said all writers were prima donnas, drunks, social misfits, pompous, or depressed. Brilliant, maybe, but completely crazy.
Ilsa J. BickTags: writers
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